Feynman Lectures on Computation
by Richard P. Feynman, Anthony Hey
ISBN-10: 0738202967
ISBN-13: 9780738202969
$67.95
Book Specs
Trade Paper
CRC Press
Published on
Jul 7, 2000
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
6.00x0.73x9.00 Inches
Weight
1.00 Pounds
About the Book
When, in 1984-86, Richard P. Feynman gave his famous course on computation at the California Institute of Technology, he asked Tony Hey to adapt his lecture notes into a book. Although led by Feynman, the course also featured, as occasional guest speakers, some of the most brilliant men in science at that time, including Marvin Minsky, Charles Bennett, and John Hopfield. Although the lectures are now thirteen years old, most of the material is timeless and presents a "Feynmanesque" overview of many standard and some not-so-standard topics in computer science such as reversible logic gates and quantum computers.